Robert Motherwell (1915-1991)
The Summer Sea
incised with the artist’s signature ‘Motherwell’ (lower left); signed again ‘R. Motherwell’ (on the stretcher)
acrylic on canvas
20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 61 cm.)
Painted in 1970.

PROVENANCE
Margaret K. Helmuth, California, circa 1972, acquired directly from the artist
Anon. sale; Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 5 May 1973, lot 111
Private collection
Private collection, Larchmont
Christies 2020, New York
Private collection, New york

LITERATURE
J. Flam, K. Rogers and T. Clifford, Robert Motherwell Paintings and Collages: A Catalogue Raisonné, 1941-1991, Volume Two: Paintings on Canvas and Panel, New Haven and London, 2012, p. 310, no. P595 (illustrated).